Finger cap or protector



(No Model) B. M. SIVILS. FINGER CAP OR PROTECTOR.

No. 584,658. Patented June 15, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENTv OFFICE.

EMJILIA M. SIVILS, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

FINGER CAP QR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,653, dated June 15,1897.

Application filed September 15, 1896. Serial No. 605,921, (N d L) T0 cZZwhom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA M. SIVILS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FingerCaps or Pro teetors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, 'such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a novel construction in a cap orfinger-protector designed to be worn by players of stringed musicalinstruments; and it consists in the features of con structionhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, Figure l is aperspective view of a cap constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a slightly-modified construction.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the body portion of the device, which isprovided with an inwardly-projecting finger 2. The said body portion 1is made to conform to the shape of the inside of the end of the finger,while the finger-piece 2 is adapted to embrace the end of the finger andlie fiat against the outside thereof. Between the main portion 1 and thefinger-piece 2 the said device can be provided with a fin or picker 3,or can be round, as shown in Fig. 2, according to the use to which it isto be put.

The cap can be fastened upon the end of the finger by making thefinger-piece 2 with sufficient resiliency to hold the cap in place, orthe body portion can be provided with a lacing device by means of whichthe cap can be laced upon the finger, such lacing device consisting ofsmall openings in the edges of the body portion and a lacing-string.

A device of this kind can be made of metal, celluloid, or any otherdesired material, is light and inexpensive, and provides an attachmentto prevent the fingers from being bruised or blistered in playingstringed instruments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the kind specified consisting of a body portion comprising acurved plate that conforms to the contour of the end portion of a fingerand is adapted to extend partially around the end portion thereof, afinger-piece extending from the end of the body portion and bentbackwardly and opposite the concave side of the said body portion, a finor picker between the end of said finger and the end of the bodyportion, and the openings in the edges of said body portion to receive alacing device.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

EMMA M. SIVILS.

IVitncsses:

J. F. BRADSHAIW, F. L. DEANE.

